Unfortunately hundreds of patients each year attend Accident & Emergency Departments with the symptoms of stroke that are not promptly assessed and properly diagnosed, leading in some cases to permanent neurological damage. The symptoms of a stroke include numbness, weakness or paralysis, slurred speech, blurred or loss of vision, confusion and severe headaches. The symptoms […]

How much of our lives do we spend at work? Plenty, some might say, but like many things in life, in order to achieve our goals and to keep ourselves in the standard We regularly receive queries from clients in respect of a wide range of issues they experience in work, ranging from pay queries […]

Probate – Last Will and Testament. These are words which strike fear into the hearts of even the most noble men! We regularly encounter clients who have put off drafting their wills, for many months and sometimes years. It seems as though people anticipate they are tempting fate, by preparing for their eventual passing. Let’s […]

The dangers of  E-cigarettes and their use by consumers has again been highlighted in a recent US Personal Injury case. Mr. J. Michael Hoce was using his E-cigarette vaporizer which was equipped with a battery when the battery exploded causing him to suffer facial burns and knocking out several of his teeth.  He was left […]

Carol Schoeniger used Colgate-Palmolive Cashmere Bouquet Talcum Powder on a daily basis from 1959 throughout the early 1980’s. In 2016, aged 79 she was diagnosed with mesothelioma and had to undergo numerous chemotherapy treatments. She sued Colgate-Palmolive Company alleging that the company knew or should have known that its talc product contained asbestos but failed […]

Bayer, the new owner of Monsanto has been ordered by a Californian Judge to pay punitive damages of $39 million to Dewayne Johnson, a Father of three who worked as a Grounds Keeper for a school district in San Francisco who alleged that his exposure to the popular herbicide Roundup caused him to develop non-Hodgkin […]

Painters in Ireland face the same occupational hazards as other construction workers. These hazards can include: Toxic Exposures – many of the chemicals painters have to work with everyday including paints, thinners and brush cleaners can be dangerous when inhaled. Exposure to these chemicals can cause chronic illnesses after decades of working with them. Eye […]

The Court of Appeal in Dublin has upheld a previous High Court award of a €100,000 to a woman injured in a Cold Room in Dunnes Stores in September 2006. Pamela Phoenix was a 26 year old university student working part-time for Dunnes Stores at the time when she slipped and fell heavily injuring her […]

Firefighters are often injured by defective ladders, roofs, personal protective equipment and faulty premises and as there is no Statutory Compensation Scheme for Firefighetrs, unlike Gardai and Prison officers, they often have no choice but to pursue negligence claims against property owners and their employers. Just because they perform a dangerous job does not mean […]